tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75881212024-03-08T04:57:59.748+11:00Flop Eared Mule IN EXILEA Country Music Death Beast and Worker in the Dylan-Industrial Complex in Sydney Australia IN EXILEAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.comBlogger692125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-30170604237363558652013-04-05T11:48:00.001+11:002013-04-05T11:55:12.142+11:00Robert Plant - Sydney Entertainment Centre
Last week the offer of a couple of tickets to Robert Plant
at the Entertainment Centre came my way.
As the only Led Zeppelin song I know is that stairway one (an neither honestly have I been all that grabbed by his recent excursions into Americana which is more in my wheelhouse) so I didn’t jump
at the chance. That is until I later
read that his touring band the Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-52424413511508245792013-03-19T14:56:00.002+11:002013-03-19T14:56:59.221+11:00Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-13037647409979222182013-01-24T21:58:00.002+11:002013-01-24T21:58:27.562+11:00New 8Tracks Mix: Cajun et Zydeco de Louisiane Cajun et Zydeco de Louisiane from flopearedmule on 8tracks Radio.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-69835175124691640572013-01-07T15:43:00.001+11:002013-01-07T15:43:15.574+11:00More Favourites 2012Without fail every year I leave off my Favourites list one of my favourites. This year it was Ray Wylie Hubbard whose The Grifter’s Hymnal definitely deserved its place in the original post. Sorry, Ray. ;-(
Here are some others .....
Dr John came up with his best album in years, Locked Down.
Gregory Porter seems to have really broken through with his second album, Be Good.
Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-45161715899532475122013-01-03T16:50:00.004+11:002013-01-03T16:50:38.027+11:00FolkStreamsGet ready for heaven, music nerds.
FolkStreams: A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots CulturesAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-44600742206145123242013-01-02T15:27:00.000+11:002013-01-08T16:21:51.693+11:00Books 2012
I got a Kindle late in 2011 and it really gave a shot in the
arm to my reading rate, that and re-engaging with Goodreads. I still read a lot of paper books (indeed some
I only want to read on paper, particularly nonfiction as fiddling with leaping forward
and back to look at endnotes is somewhat of a pain on the basic Kindle. It’s a lot easier though on the iPad where
you can just Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-52008847595972686662012-12-19T18:21:00.002+11:002012-12-19T18:27:42.567+11:00My Favourite Albums 2012
Wait what? Where is your proper blog? My beautiful flopearedmule.net is borked right now. I have finally reached the end of my tolerance
for the soul destroying suckhole which is Movable Type maintenance so I’m not
sure what I’m going to do with it long term.
Meantime, Blogspot is still a thing who knew so I’m back IN EXILE at my
old digs.
The Unrankable
Leonard Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-32910065218371843802012-12-17T16:38:00.001+11:002012-12-17T16:44:23.533+11:00Like a Rolling StoneWait what? Why am I here? Flopearedmule.net is borked right now. I have finally reached the end of my tolerance for the soul destroying suckhole which is Movable Type maintenance so I’m not sure what I’m going to do with it long term. Meantime, Blogger is still a thing who knew so I’m back IN EXILE at my old digs. This may all seem moot since I haven't posted in forever but I do have some Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-48818410338056665162008-01-29T06:02:00.000+11:002008-01-29T09:29:05.995+11:00There Won't Be AnymoreNot hereabouts at least. Blogger has served me well, I have no complaints with it and recommend it anyone. But I was feeling the need for a Daniel Craig-esque reboot of the franchise and so you now need to go here for the new site.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-46001897127492626402008-01-26T20:42:00.000+11:002008-01-26T21:14:58.333+11:00A list of every book Art Garfunkel has ever read.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-92040573214469668692008-01-18T08:22:00.000+11:002008-01-18T08:26:43.813+11:00Until NowI think I can honestly say that Jose Feliciano has never before been mentioned on this blog. Got the Best of the Johnny Cash Show DVDs -- more later. Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-23579553672290849462008-01-13T14:46:00.000+11:002008-01-13T14:49:13.494+11:00That Time of YearI'm not doing Tamworth this year ;-( but if I were I would probably try and catch Andy Baylor at the Southgate every single damn day. The place is just not the same without him. Steve from Yesterday and Today will also be setting up at the Southgate, selling the best country collection this side of Nashville and probably the other side of it too. Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-31458353620191781022008-01-13T14:41:00.001+11:002008-01-13T14:59:03.465+11:00Sunday Mix TapeNotes:* I don't know why Willie Nelson is under R&B either.* Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band is my new favourite blues record EVAH. * Honeyboy Edwards they say is one of the last living connections to R. Johnson, having palsed around with him on the day he died.* Danny O'Keefe wrote "So Long, Harry Truman" and also "Goodtime Charlie's Got the Blues." Never heard of him before Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-76668585610217708632008-01-08T07:50:00.000+11:002008-01-08T07:57:38.914+11:0007I did a quick 2007 Favourites at Hickory Wind. I neglected to mention Bishop Allen, The Broken String. Listen to the MP3 of Bullet and Big D to see why. Although that song is not actually on the album but it should have been. This is what I said:Upfront and Down Low -- Teddy Thompson. Can't add much more to my original review. Still holding up a few months later.Hammer of the Honky Tonk Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-44495409632144074002007-10-12T18:17:00.000+10:002007-10-12T18:26:15.101+10:00Recently #3A very acceptable new record of honky tonk. The Mootster is joined by ex-Dwight svengali Pete Anderson on guitar and production.Listen to: The Man, The Myth.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-10084585756805699772007-10-10T15:46:00.000+10:002007-10-10T15:56:06.277+10:00Recently #2Ages ago, I got the second volume of the Sopranos soundtrack and was captivated by "Black Books" by Nils Lofgren. It's still one of my very favourite songs. His solo work hasn't always reached those heights, but I got Sacred Weapon (2006) the other day and it's excellent. Rocky, bluesy, funky, a bit of country including Nils of some gorgeous pedal steel, interesting and varied songs, Nils' Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-50584250825158114352007-10-10T15:24:00.000+10:002007-10-10T15:40:22.544+10:00The WordI met Keith at the LA premiere of Pirates 3, and I mean, what do you say to someone whom you listen to literally every day of your life? For me, it's simple, it's the Stones and Dylan, bar when you have someone over, then it's a bit of Marvin Gaye on top just to be sociable.~ Bill Nighy. The Word, August 2007, p. 61I wanted to buy the new issue of The Monthly while waiting for the train but Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-31306882557350671612007-10-09T18:56:00.000+10:002007-10-09T19:20:20.330+10:00Recently #1Recently went on an eMusic splurge. Pearls Before Swine were a 90s psychadelic folk band and One Nation Underground was released in 1967. According to Wikipedia:They were quickly signed up, and recorded One Nation Underground (1967), featuring songs of mysticism, protest, melancholia, and some controversy in the case of “Miss Morse”, which spelled out an obscenity in code.The sophisticated 2007 Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-16371883410528120372007-10-09T17:01:00.000+10:002007-10-10T06:43:19.970+10:00The New SteveThis is a great cover. "As the albums have gotten worse, the covers have gotten better. Discuss." Also I love that at his official website you can actually pat the dog. Go on, try it. So cute!I have put this off and off because I listened to it a few times and did not like it. This depresses me because I love Steve Earle but have not, not one bit, loved his last few albums. I choose Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-88142789419888183362007-10-09T15:22:00.000+10:002007-10-10T08:32:38.964+10:00Heart of AmericaPicture stolen from my sister's blog.The new Tom Russell, Wounded Heart of America, which is a collection of ogher folks covering him from over the years plus a few new ones from Tom himself. I got it from the best shop in Sydney Yesterday and Today -- go buy stuff.Veteran's Day -- Johnny Cash Recorded on "Boom Chicka Boom" in the Mercury interlude between being dumped by Columbia and crossing Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-88209134325542704492007-10-09T08:40:00.000+10:002007-10-09T08:49:58.967+10:00Dwight Sings BuckOctober 23rd. "Close Up the Honky Tonks" is on Dwight's MySpace page.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-7650998353273139462007-09-30T18:43:00.000+10:002007-09-30T19:52:49.063+10:00Farewell, SeptabulousOK so September is pretty much over and I am not going to make my one-post-a-day target. But I did OK. I hit a wall when uni deadlines started bearing down. This essay won't write itself and bob knows I've given it enough opportunity to do so. Having a semi night off for the rugby league grand final even though I hate both teams.All I want to say about it is this:And BOOOOO to the NRL for beingAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-49775275462196043502007-09-24T07:12:00.000+10:002007-09-24T07:24:51.598+10:00Bettye, Then the RestSong of America is a three CD set exploring the byways of the great American songbook originating with none other than Janet Reno. I’ve only heard bits and pieces thus far, as is usual with projects like this some of it works and some of it fails to grab you BUT it has given me my favourite song of the year.Bettye LaVette covering Bruce’s Streets of Philadelphia. You can hear it here.I always Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-2428764945566856802007-09-23T14:55:00.000+10:002007-09-23T15:19:05.536+10:00The Procrastination Shuffle1.Handle With Care -- Traveling Wilburies2. Somehow, Someday -- Ryan Adams3. Promised Land -- Elvis Presley4. I'm Walking the Dog -- David Ball5. Bethleridge -- Robbie Fulks6. Find You At Last -- John Hiatt7. Cold Irons Bound (Live) -- Bob Dylan8. There's a Story in Your Voice -- Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams9. She Knows Why -- Claude King10. Fraulein O. -- James McMurty11. Cipó de goabeiraAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-46226514906295869542007-09-20T18:53:00.001+10:002007-09-20T18:55:33.292+10:00Meet Me in Thirty Odd YearsFirst live performance of Meet Me in the Morning, in Nashville. (with Jack White)Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.com0